Means for constructing busts, figures, and the like in three dimensions



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THE LIKE IN THREE DIMENSIONS v Filed Dec. 28, 1940 6 Sheets-Sheet 6INVE. N'ron". @ru'c e YGYQ.

Patented July 14, 1942 MEANS FOR CONSTRUCTING BUSTS, FIG- URES, AND THELIKE IN THREE DIMEN- SIONS Bruce Angrave, Norwood Green, Southall,

England,

Application December 28, 1940, Serial No. 372,044 In Great BritainDecember 21, 1939 6 Claims. (C l. 4622) The present invention relates toconstruction sets for the production in any desired scale of busts,statues, models and relief representations, hereinafter termed a pieceof statuary, for artistic and other demonstration or display, andparticularly to the construction of a piece of statuary from variouslyshaped pieces removed from flat sheets of stiff paper or paper-likematerial such as cardboard, bristol board, papier-mach or othercomparatively light material, hereinafter referred to generically aspaper, which are readily capable of simple elastic flexure in one planeinto any desired curvature.

One of the objects of the invention is to en able the construction fromsuch paper pieces of pieces of statuary and particularly threedimensional caricatures of celebrities conveniently in bust-form.

The term statuary is to be regarded for the purposes of the presentinvention as including both human and lower animal figures.

According to the present invention, there is provided a construction setfor the construction of a piece of statuary, the bust of a celebrity,for example, comprising a plurality of shaped parts, or one or moresheets having parts outlined therein which, when separated from the restof the sheet or sheets, will develop the required parts, from which maybe fashioned the pre-designeol piece of statuary when curved in oneplane only; one or more curved parts forming the foundation of the pieceof statuary, the head and neck for example, and other curved and foldedparts when attached to such foundation forming salient parts of thepiece of statuary so as to gain the desired characteristic effects, sucheffects in a bust for example, as effective shadows, nose types, liptypes, deep set eyes, high cheek bones, double chins, and the like.

Certain of such other curved parts may be attached to the foundation sothat their curving occurs more sharply than, but in the same plane as,the curving of the foundation, as for cheek or jowl effects, while otherof such parts may be so attached to the foundation that their curvingoccurs in a plane at right or other angle to that in which the curvingof the foundation occurs, as for shadow or deep set eye effects.

The constructional parts or some of these will have marginal areas forattaching them to other parts or to a supporting base, and the outliningmay be so done that the parts will require to be cut from the sheet orsheets or by weakening the outlines they may readily be separated bybreaking away, or by complete perforation, in

which case the main sheet may be dispensed with, and the units onlysupplied.

Fastening of the attached parts when flexed is preferably effected byinserting these or tabbed .ends thereof into slits or apertures in thefoundation or another or other parts, as the case may be.

Conveniently and advantageously the outlined parts may include tabs orear pieces which, when such parts are adapted to engage slits orapertures in other parts or a supporting base or to be interlocked withother tabs or ear pieces on the same or other part.

While it is convenient to interlock the foundation parts with asupporting base by bending over tabs of such part after they have beeninserted through slits in-the base and to interlock co-operating edgesof certain parts by slit-hook tabs, the fastening of any part itself inthe curved condition or its fastening to another part or to a supportingbase may be effected by adhesive, clips, rivets or other easily appliedfastening means. i

In order that the invention may be clearly understood and readilycarried into effect, it is hereinafter more fully described withreference to the accompanying drawings which are given by way of exampleonly of one construction, from which it will be readily appreciated thatsmall changes in the shape of the parts will give a different appearancetothe statuette or bust so constructed.

In these drawings:

Figure 1 shows the main unit, the left and right hand laugh-line units,the spectacle unit and left and right hand side cheek and ear units,

Figure 2 shows the second main or forehead unit, the under-chin unit,collar unit, tie unit, hair unit, left and right eye units, chin unitand right and left front cheek units,

Figure 3 shows the nose unit, teeth unit, collar unit, coat unit, toplip unit and three rosette units, J

, Figure 4 shows the baseboard,

Figure 5 is a rear perspective View showing the assembly of the mainunits,

Figure 6 is a front perspective view showing the second main or foreheadunit positioned as well as the upper lip unit,

Figure 7 is a front perspective view showing the positioning of the eyeunits, laugh-line units and front chin unit,

Figure 8 is a side perspective view showing the under-chin and frontcheek units and also the hair unit in position,

Figure 9 is a rear view showing the attach-, ment of the rearwardlyextending portions of the forehead unit, and

Figure 10 is a substantially complete frontal perspective view showingthe bust partly positioned onto its baseboard.

Referring now to the said drawings, the statuette or bust caricatureconsists fundamentally of a plurality of constructional units A to Xmade of stiff paper or plastic material having a behaviour similar tothat of still paper, which material may be either white or coloured. Theunits from which the model is constructed may be in the form of outlinediagrams printed on the paper, or silhouettes printed in colours uponthe paper, or may be perforated by means of a shaped cutting tool sothat the cuts or perforations themselves constitute the limits of thevarious units. The units may be severed as by cutting or they may bepre-cut ready for assembly. The units each carry tabs, which areintegral with the units, together with, in some cases, slots, thearrangement of the tabs and slots being such that when the tabs of someunits are introduced into slots in other units stresses and tensions areset up within the limits of flexibility of the material of which theunits are formed. These stresses cause the paper or materialautomatically to assume curved forms as the model is constructed, andalso supply a degree of pressure which automatically holds the tabs inposition in their slots and gives rigidity to the constructed model.Some tabs may be specially developed so as to achieve a locking actionin themselves, and be employed, in conjunction with the stress exertedby the flexed material to hold certain units in certain shapesorpositions.

The slots may be pre-cut or they may be otherwise indicated upon theunits so that the constructor may cut them. When the slots are present,they may include additional small transverse perforations at each end ofthe slot to facilitate entry of the tabs. In this case, the tendency ofthe upper and lower edges of the slot to curve backwards to allow forthe thickness of the material of the entering tab, in itself providesalocking 01' wedging effect. In the case when the units are printed butnot cut, the diagrams are separated from the main sheets by cuttingalong. the continuous lines or outlines of the diagrams. On certain ofthe units dotted lines will be indicated which are intended to be outhalf through or scored by a knife or other instrument, or in some otherway rendered capable of easy and accurate folding. may be simply foldedand creased accurately along the dotted lines.

The various units which are illustrated in Figures 1 to 3 each bear acode or system letter, so that they may be easily identified, and, inaddition, are desirably named with descriptive names such as: face unit,nose unit, etc., for further identification. Furthermore, the tabs andslots are themselves coded or numbered, so that by following writteninstructions-they may be easily identified and assembled.

The units, as before stated, may be printed in colours in silhouetteupon the paper, various colours being used as most suitable to the partthe unit may represent. Also, the units may clarry a pattern, design orbe only partially coloured, or carry more than one colour, for example,the eye unit, which may consist of a fleshand a black pupille.

Or they The numbers on the tabs and slots are so arranged as to beconcealed when the model is erected, by placing the numbers in such aposition that they shall be covered by other units upon erection.Further, it is preferred that the numbers shall be so arranged that thecorrect way up of the units can be determined by the position of thenumbers, i. e., when a unit is viewed with the numbers the correct wayup, that shall be the correct way up for the unit.

In addition, a baseboard unit is also provided, as illustrated in Figure4, as a pedestal upon which the model is mounted. This baseboard isprovided with coded or numbered slots iinto which tabs of theconstructional units may be introduced and is further describedhereinafter.

Though the principle upon which this model is constructed dispenses withthe need for glue or other adhesive material, it is, as has beenmentioned, within the invention to employ other methods of fixing of thevarious units.

In the description which follows, it is assumed that the units areseparate integers or has already been separated from the sheets,

The principal unit, which is the face unit A, (Figure l), is turnedover, so that the printed or upper side is downward whereupon the teethunit B (Figure 3) is also turned over, and the tabs and 2 thereon arefitted into the slots IA and 2A on the face unit A by bending or curvingthe unit B so that the tabs l and 2 are brought closer to each other,guiding the tab-ends into the slots, and allowing the unit to straightenagain, so causing the tabs to enter fully into the slots. The slottedside of unit B overlays the moon-shaped mouth orifice on unit A.

The nose unit C is folded along the dotted lines, so that the two sideextensions carrying the tabs 3, 4, 5, and 6 are both bent back behindthe front plane between the dotted lines. The tabs 3 and 4 are insertedpartially into slots 3A and 4A on the face unit A. The extensioncarrying tab 1 is then bent back so that tab enters slot 1A on the faceunit A. The tabs 5 and 6 are fitted into slots 5A and SA on unit A, andall the tabs are then pulled through from behind as far as they will go.

Unit A with its accessory units B and C, is then bent round into acylindrical form so that the interlocking tabs 8, 8 and if! overlapinterlocking tab 8A, 9A and IfiA.

The two sets of tabs 8, 9, and iii, and 8A, 9A and IDA, are then slidapproximately half-way along each other, so that the hook-like tonguesof tabs 8. 9 and Ill may, by further bending of unit A, slide throughthe slits between the hooklike tongues of tabs 8A, 9A and ltA, and viceversa (see Figure 5). The hook-like tongues of both sets of tabs thenlie within the cylindrical shape of unit A and the upper and lowermargins of the cylinder are out of alignment at the point of junction.The hook-like tab are then slid back over each other so that the marginsare in line. The hook-like tabs are then seen to be hooked over eachother and are inseparable by direct pull.

This process is repeated in precisely similar manner with the front tabsII and i2; and tabs HA and IZA on the other side of the cylinder tocomplete the neck.

Unit A now assumes the form of two cylinders, one of which (i. e. theneck portion) is of less diameter than the other.

Next, the top lip unit D is fitted to unit A by sliding the tabs l3 and14 into slots ISA and 14A on unit A. The othertwo tabs l and I5 are thentucked through the slots I5A and [SA on unit A. The action of these twolatter tabs is to pinch the unit D where it lies under the nose unit C.Thus, this action causes unit D to bulge forward, giving the effect of areceding top lip, (see Figures 6 and 8). The second main unit E (Figure2) which embodies the eye-sockets, forehead, sides and top of head, isnow positioned. The three lower extensions are bent back along thescored or dotted lines. The two extensions H and I8 are pushed throughthe long curved slots HA and I8A on unit A, and simultaneously theextension I9 is inserted into slot [9A on unit C. The extensions enterthe slots until further entry is prevented by the contact of theextensions l1 and I8 against the cylindrical shape of unit A (Figure 6).The two extensions 11 and II! will then assume an angle of about 45 tothe axis of the face unit A cylinder, (the curvature of the long slots),and extension I9 will lie almost in the same plane as the front of thenose unit C. The tab 23 is then inserted into slot 23A on unit A. Thiswill cause the extension carrying tab 23 to assume a curved formfollowing the marginal shape of extension tab [8 (see Figure 2, SectionE) This is repeated with the corresponding tab 2| which is introducedinto 2 HA slot on the other side of face unit A. The tabs 22 and 23 arethen inserted into slots 22A and 23A respectively, thus completing theanchorage of the curved side extensions. The interlocking hook-tabs 24and 25; and 24A and 25A are then brought together to overlap each other,by bending the extensions carrying these tabs so that together they forma half cylinder over the top of unit A, and interlocked in precisely thesame manner as that employed with tabs 8, 9, Ill; and 8A, 9A, HJA onunit A. The extension carrying tab 26 is then bent back over theinterlocked tabs 24, 25 and 24A, 25A; and inserted into slot 26A.Likewise, tab 21 on the corresponding extension is inserted into slot21A by bending that extension back (see Figure 9). The assembly of unitE is completed by bending back the remaining free extension carrying thetabs 28 and 29 so that these tabs may enter their respective slots 28Aand 29A. This is accomplished by curving the extension laterally betweenthe tabs, so as to decrease the relative distance between the tabs andenable them to enter their slots. These tabs will then be locked inposition by the straightening of the paper.

Thus. unit E has now become a self-locking, non-detachable piece, whichgoverns the width, depth and angles of the upper part of the model, andwhich cannot assume any other angles or shape except by damage orbuckling or other accident. The curves of which the shape is formed arecaused by natural flexion, and not by shaping or moulding.

The left eye unit F is fitted t0 the face unit A by inserting tab 33into slot 33A on unit A (Figure 6). Tab 3| then fits into slot 3IA bybowing or curving eye unit F forwards, the thrust so developed by thetension of the paper serving to hold the tab 3| firmly in its slot. Tabs32 and 33 are then inserted in their respective slots 32A and 33A bysimilar bowing of the paper, the tension which serves to hold these tabsin position (see Figure 7) The right eye unit G is similar to and isfitted exactly as unit F, except that the various mo tions of fittingare reversed, left to right. The

tabs 34, 35, 36 and 31 fit into slots 34A, 35A, 33A and 31Arespectively, and in that order.

Eye units F and G thus, in addition to forming their own shapes bynatural tension, serve to link unit E more firmly to unit A, as one tabon each eye unit fits into unit A, while the other three fit into theunit E (see Figure '7).

The right laugh-line unit H is fitted by inserting tab 38 on laugh-lineunit H into slot 38A on nose unit C. Tab 39 on laugh-line unit H is theninserted into slot 39A on face unit A by bowing laugh-line unit H sothat the tab may enter; the tendency of laugh-line unit H to return toits original flat shape will cause the tab 39 to enter fully into itsslot (Figure '7).

The left laugh-line I is fitted in an exactly similar manner to that ofunit H, the tabs 43 and 4| entering into slots 48A and MA.

. The chin unit J has three tabs 42, 43 and 44, of which the centre tab42 is a barbed or spearhead tab, which is designed so that, working inconjunction with the other two tabs 43 and 44, it shall benon-retractable. This spearhead tab 42 is fitted by first entering onebarb on tab 42 into the slot 42A on face unit A and then sliding italong slot 42A towards the end thereof so that the end of the slot 42Aenters into the small space between the barb X and the main body of chinunit J (Figure '7). Chin unit J is now moved into a symmetrical positionrelative to face unit A, so that the other barb Y on tab 42 also entersentirely into slot 42a. Tab 42 is then slid towards the other end ofslot 42A so that barbs extend behind and beyond the ends of slot 42A.Tab 42 is then non-detachable by direct pull. Tabs 43 and 44 are thenentered into slots 43A and MA by curving the chin unit J. Chin unit Jthen assumes a characteristic curvature, caused by the tensile strainexerted by tabs 43 and 44, in conjunction with the non-detachability oftab 42 (vide Figure 8) Under-chin unit K is held horizontally in a fiatplane and the tab 45 is inserted into slot 45A on the neck or smallercylinder of face unit A.

t The extension carrying the tabs 45 and 41 is then curved or flexedaround and up the right side of the face assembly (unit A and itscomponents) and the tab 46 inserted into slot 45A on face unit A. Tab4'! is then inserted into slot 41A on face unit A by lateral flexing ofunder-chin unit K, in the local area between tabs 43 and 41, in asimilar manner to the method employed in fitting laugh-line units H andI. This process is repeated in fixing the other extension of underchinunit K on the left side of the face assembly, tab 48 being insertedfirst into slot 48A, followed by tab 49 into slot 49A, by a similarflexing process.

Under-chin unit K now forms a non-detachable semi-cylindrical unit of anentirely different axis to the cylinders of face unit A, and serves tosupply rigidity and to control the shape of the lower part of the faceassembly, and also to render the full-effect under the chin (see Figure8).

The first motion in fitting the hair unit L is the insertion of thehook-tab 52 into slot 52A on face unit A. The hair unit is then flexedover the top of the head assembly and hook tab 53 inserted into slot 53Aon the other side of the face unit A. The tab 54 is then inserted intothe slot 54A by local flexing of hair unit L in the vicinity of thattab. This action is repeated on the other side of the head assembly withthe tab 55 and slot 55A. Then tab 56 is entered into slot 56A also bylocal flexing, and this is also repeated with tab 5! and slot 51A on theother side.

The fitting of hair unit L is completed by bending down the extensioncarrying tabs 58 and 59, and inserting these tabs into their respectiveslots 58A and 59A, towards the back of face unit A. The hair unit L nowforms a half cylinder of a substantially transverse axis to the mainface cylinder, and also forms a curved back hair part, filling the openend of the half cylinder. By reason of the pivot and hook action of thecentre tabs 52 and 53, combined with the opposing thrust of tabs 54-46,and tabs 55-51, the hair unit L is non-detachable, except by reversingthe steps of the assembly.

The side cheek unit M is fitted by inserting tab 438 into slot MA onface unit A. Slot 43A is thus common to the tab 43 of the chin unit Jand the tab 433 of the side-cheek unit M. The tab 433 passes under tab43. By rocking the side cheek unit M around the pivot formed by tab 633in slot 43A, tab 46B on the sidecheek unit M is inserted into slot 46Aon the face unit A. Thus, slot 46A is also common, in this case to theside cheek unit M and the underohin unit K. In this case tab 46B liesover tab 46 on the under chin unit K. The margin of the side cheek unitM connecting tabs 43B and 4GB lies over laugh-line unit H (Figure 8). onside cheek unit M is then inserted into slot 58A on the head top unit E,by flexing side cheek unit M. In this case, owing to the relativepositions of tab 50 and slot 50a, side cheek unit M remains curved. Tocomplete the fitting of the side cheek unit M, the tab 413 is insertedinto slot MA on face unit A over the tab 41, by additional bending ofside-cheek unit M, Thus, the side cheek unit M is fixed in a state oftension to give the characteristic curve of a full cheek. Additionalcharacteristics are provided by the pressure of the margin of side cheekunit M at the point immediately under chin unit J, upon the under-chinunit K, which pressure causes side cheek unit M to assume a curvature inthe opposite direction at its extremity to that of its main curvature orfiexion.

Additionally, the pressure of the margin between tabs 43B and 463, onthe laugh-line unit H, causes this unit H to assume its correct positionand curvature in relation to the face assembly. Further, the pressureexerted by the side cheek unit M upon tab 56 is transmitted to tab 23 onhead top unit E, and serves to hold this tab more firmly in position.

Left side cheek unit N is fitted in a precisely similar manner to thatof side cheek unit M, on the opposite side of the face assembly, exceptthat its form is reversed, left to right.

The ear-shaped extensions on the side cheek units M and N are foldedoutwards at the scored lines, so as to assume a slight angle to the sideof the head assembly, to give a representation of the ear planes. Thisaction may be performed prior to the fitting of the side cheek units Mand N.

The right front cheek unit is fitted by inserting tab 383 into slot 38A,over tab 38 (on unit H). The tab 60 is then inserted into slot 68A onface unit A. To complete the mounting of this unit, tab is inserted intoslot GIA on the side cheek unit M, by flexing the front cheek unit 0(see Figure Left front cheek unit P is fitted in a precisely similarmanner to the fitting of the unit 0, ex-

Tab 5!) cept that the shape of the unit is reversed left to right.

The final step in the head assembly is the positioning of the spectacleunit Q which is made of transparent material such as Celluloid. The longtab I 93 is folded forward at the scored line, and inserted fully intoslot |9A on the nose unit C, over extension I!) which also occupies theslot. Both tab ISB and extension l9, it will be noted, lie within thenose unit C at a similar plane to the front plane of nose unit C (seeFigure 10).

The completed assembly is now ready for mounting on the base-board unitR.

The baseboard unit R is formed of cardboard or thick paper, pulp-boardor other material having similar stiffness. The baseboard unit may be ofrectangular shape as illustrated in Figure 4, but may be of any othersuitable shape, such as circular, etc. Around the margins of the unit aflange of the same material is formed, so that the baseboard unit issimilar in appearance to and may constitute a cardboard box lid for abox containing the separated units or the sheets.

Upon the surface of this unit, various slots are printed and/or cut, andcoded to correspond with equivalent tabs on other units.

The baseboard unit R is placed with the surface bearing the slot numbersupwards and the head assembly is then placed over the baseboard unit(Figure 10) so that the tabs 54, G5, 66 and 61 on the unit A pointdirectly over slots 64A, 65A, 66A and 61A. These tabs are then enteredinto their requisite slots, by coaxing them through the slots, and, ifnecessary, pulling through from underneath the baseboard unit R. Thetabs 64, 65, 66 and 67 carry slits cut into each side of the tabs, theseslits being spaced from the main body of unit A a distance equivalent tothe thickness of the board of which unit R is formed. When these tabsare pulled fully through the slots in unit R, the tabs maybe creased ortwisted longitudinally, so that the part of the tabs that protrudesthrough the baseboard unit R is in a different plane from the part ofthe tabs which is 5 Within the slots. Thus, a locking action is given tothe tabs, which prevents their withdrawal.

The head assembly is now erected on the baseboard unit R and thestatuette may be embellished to make it a bust by the provision ofshoulders, neck-wear, etc. There is thus provided collar unit S and tieunit T which are positioned as follows: The part of the tie unit Tcarrying the four tabs 68, 69, F0 and H is bowed or flexed into a halfcylinder with the axis running longitudinally down the unit, so that thefour tabs point backwards, away from the front of the unit. These tabsare then threaded through the V-shaped aperture on collar unit S, sothat they surround the bar-shaped part of the collar unit S, each tabentering the V-shaped aperture at the angle between the bar-shaped pieceand the sides of the V-shaped aperture marked with the correspondingnumber, i. e. tab 68 over 68A, tab 69 over 69A and so on.

The tension of the tie unit T keeps these tabs in position. The sideextensions of collar unit S are then curved around the neck part of thehead assembly, i. e. around the smaller cylinder of unit A. Theinterlocking tabs 12, 13 and 12A, 13A then come together at the back ofthe head assembly, and are interlocked in precisely the same way inwhich tabs 8, 9, l3 and 8A, 9A and I 0A are interlocked on the face unitA. The spear-head tab 74 on collar unit S is then pushed through slot MAat the back of the face-unit A.

This slot 14A is slightly narrower than the tab 14 at its widest point,so that, as tab 14 is pushed through the slot, it curves automaticallyto allow its widest extremities to pass through the slot, springing backto its natural flatness when the tab is fully in the slot, and thenarrow neck of the tab is surrounded by the slot. Thus tab 14 isnon-detachable by direct pull. The front V part of collar unit S is nowdrawn against the front part of the neck section of the face unit A, andthis pressure additionally retains the four tabs 68, 69, I8 and H of tieunit T in position (see Figure 10).

The two lower tabs of tie unit T are now inserted into their slots onbaseboard unit R, tab into slot 15A, and tab 16 into slot 16A. This isachieved by bending the tie unit T at its lower part. The tie unit Treturns to its original shape when these tabs are in. position, exceptfor the tension supplied by the tabs 68, 89, 1|], 'H, and thecylindrical tendency supplied by these tabs serves to impart a rigidityto unit T which keeps the front part of the collar unit S in position.

The coat unit U, which gives the shape of the shoulders is positioned byfitting the three tabs ll, 18 and 19 into slots TIA, 18A and 19A in thebaseboard unit R. These tabs are unequally spaced so as to preventassembly in the reverse position. The two long extensions, carrying thetabs 88, 8| and 82, 83 are curved over each side of the face unit A andthe tabs inserted in their respective slots 88A, MA and 82A, 83A (seeFigure 10) The coat collar unit V is placed so that the tab 84 is at theback of the neck part of face unit A, and the extensions carrying tabs85 and 86 are each side of the neck part of the face unit A. The tab 84is then inserted into slot 84A on a coat unit U, and tabs 85 and B6 areinserted into slots 85A and 85A also on coat unit U.

The lapel extensions carrying tabs 81 and 88 are then folded back alongthe scored lines, and the tabs 81 and 88 inserted into slots 81A and 88Aon the baseboard unit R. This completes the assembly of the model withthe exception of the rosette.

The rosette is formed by three units W, X, Y. The two tabs 89, 98 onrosette unit W are inserted through slots 89A, 98A on rosette unit X.Tab 9| on rosette unit W is now inserted through slot 9|A on rosetteunit Y. Rosette unit Y is now in front, unit W in-between, and unit Xbehind. The tab 92 on rosette unit X is then inserted through slot 92Aon unit U.

The model is now complete, three dimensional and rigid. It will retainits shape and the person represented will be recognisable when viewedfrom any angle.

In other models, side hair or side whiskers may be represented bysuitably shaped parts having tabs for engaging appropriate slits in thehead and where there are buttons on the coat these can consist ofdisc-like pieces having tabs which are bent back behind the discs andthen inserted through appropriately positioned slits on the coat orshoulder outlining piece. These other variations may be resorted towithout departing from the invention.

I claim:

1. Means for constructing statuettes, busts and the like from paper inthree dimensions, comprising a main element bendable into tubular formand having attachment means to retain it in that form, a second mainelement representing the forehead and skull, and means thereon forattaching it to the main tubular element, and a number of constituentelements representing a nose, eyes, ears and so on, and means on thoseelements for attaching them to at least one of the main elements tolocate them in appropriate positions to simulate the subject to berepresented.

2. Means for constructing statuettes, busts and the like, as claimed inclaim 1, wherein the second main element and the constituent elementsare provided with integrally formed tabs adapted to enter appropriatelypositioned slots in which they are retained by the tension set up oncurving the said elements.

3. Means for constructing statuettes, busts and the like from paper inthree dimensions, comprising a main element bendable into tubular formand having attachment means to retain it in that form, a second mainelement representing the forehead and skull and means thereon forattaching it to the main tubular element. and a number of constituentelements representing a nose, eyes, ears and so on, means on thoseelements for attaching them to at least one of the main elements tolocate them in appropriate positions to simulate the subject to berepresented, and a baseboard upon which the model may be positioned bymeans of suitable tabs entering slots in said baseboard.

4. Means for constructing statuettes, busts and the like, as claimed inclaim 3, wherein the baseboard has a marginal flange.

5. Means for constructing statuettes, busts and the like, as claimed inclaim 1, wherein the main element has an opening to represent an openmouth and an element representing teeth is arranged therebehind.

6. Means for constructing statuettes, busts and the like in threedimensions, from stiff paper, comprising a main element bendable intothe form of two cylinders of tapering form of which one cylinder is oflarger diameter than the other and both cylinders are common at onepoint, attachment means to retain the element in that form, and a numberof constituent elements provided with integrally formed tabs adapted toenter appropriately positioned slots in the main element in which slotsthey are retained by the tension set up on bowing the said elements,such curving being controlled by the relative positions of theappropriate slots and tabs, which curvature causes the tabs to beretained in position and causes the said constituent elements to assumea realistic representation of cheeks, eyes, chin, forehead, etc., suchcurvature being of a cylindrical character about at least one axis andrequiring no special moulding of the basic material other than naturalbending.

BRUCE ANGRAVE.

